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beijing commemorating the 90th anniversaryofchina'speople'sliberation army. he talked about efforts to modernize army and what it would take to build a world-class military. courtesy of global china television network, this is about one hour. li keqiang: comrades, now i declare the opening of the conference in celebration of the 90th anniversary of the founding of the people's liberation army. [applause] li kequiang: please stand up, everyone. we will sing the national anthem together. ♪ nationalchinese anthem] ♪ li kequiang: please be seated. today, the central committee, of the cpc, the central council, commission is holding this conference in commemoration and the celebration of the united anniversary of the founding of the people's liberation army, to review the glorious history of the army under the leadership of the communist party of china. and to look into the beautiful future of the cause of a strong military. together, a strong force to realize the chinese dream of a strong military. in this conference, we have the general, chairman of the people's republic of

beijing commemorating the 90th anniversary of china's people's liberation army. he talked about efforts to modernize army and what it would take to build a world-class military. courtesy of global china television network, this is about one hour. li keqiang: comrades, now i declare the opening of the conference in celebration of the 90th anniversary of the founding of the people's liberation army. [applause] li kequiang: please stand up, everyone. we will sing the national anthem together. ♪...

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that will be focused on going after countrieslikechina, thatmanipulates their currency, which has cost us $5 jobs,n jobs -- 5 million it means kathy miller bring jobs home act to close the loopholes that actually incentivizes companies for taking jobs overseas. american families deserve a it's whatl, and that we are committed to make happen. senator joe manchin from the great state of west virginia. nchin: anybody believes that free trade is fair trade, come to west virginia, see what happens to our jobs waiters cold, chemical, whatever it is, we lost. on top of that, i am very much concerned about it, not even having minerals in our country that we even mine anymore. these are the things we fighting for and what to bring them to the forefront. different corporations from different countries are buying our financial markets. it is sentimental to the security of our nation. we will fight hard in west virginia. only fair trade but most importantly fair trade. that is not what we have with these deals. we are going to work hard. with that, it is my great opportunity to introduce my g

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focused onlikechinacountriesthat manipulate their currency, which costs us $5 million -- 5 million jobs, and cheat with unfair trade practices. it means bringing jobs home act. thatose the loopholes incentivize companies for taking jobs overseas. american families deserve a better deal. that is what we are committed to make happen. senator joe from the great state of west virginia. >> let me say quickly, anyone who believes that free trade is fair trade, come to estrogen you and see what happens to our manufacturing jobs, whether in the coal industry, the chemical industry, whatever it may be, that we lost big time. have countries with their manipulation and i am also very much concerned about us not having minerals in our country that we even mine anymore. do anything to basically protect the security of our country, these are the things we're fighting for. we want to bring them to the forefront. it is far too long when you let different corporations from different countries basically working toward our financial markets, buying our financial markets, it is detrimental to the well

focused on like china countries that manipulate their currency, which costs us $5 million -- 5 million jobs, and cheat with unfair trade practices. it means bringing jobs home act. thatose the loopholes incentivize companies for taking jobs overseas. american families deserve a better deal. that is what we are committed to make happen. senator joe from the great state of west virginia. >> let me say quickly, anyone who believes that free trade is fair trade, come to estrogen you and see...

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means creating a trade prosecutor who will be laser focused on going after countries,likechina, thatmanipulate their currency, which has cost us 5 million jobs, stealour technology -- our technology and cheat with unfair trade practices. it means passing hour bring jobs home act, to close the loophole that incentivize companies for taking jobs overseas. american families deserve a better deal, and that is what we are committed to make happen. >> let me say very quickly. anyone that believes free trade is fair trade, come to west virginia. see what happens to our manufacturing jobs, whether it is the coal industry, steel industry, chemical industry. we lost big-time. not to have countries with their manipulation, if you will, and also, on top of that, i am concerned about us not even having minerals in our country that we even mine anymore. if we should do anything is protect the national interest of our country, the security of our country. when you let different corporations from different countries that basically our -- are working toward our financial markets, buying our fi

means creating a trade prosecutor who will be laser focused on going after countries, like china, that manipulate their currency, which has cost us 5 million jobs, stealour technology -- our technology and cheat with unfair trade practices. it means passing hour bring jobs home act, to close the loophole that incentivize companies for taking jobs overseas. american families deserve a better deal, and that is what we are committed to make happen. >> let me say very quickly. anyone that...

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of the people's republicofchina. thehighest party official and thus the most powerful person in china is the general secretary ccp.e by convention the general five-yearserveswo of 10.or a total general xi jinping took power in 2012. the all eyes are set on 19th party congress slated for this fall. the leaders of all the all-powerful standing committee offer material signals into the direction of how the prc policy will be the next for at least five years. members of the current bureau as well as the central commission are set to retire. theably nowhere could impact of a shift in the current approach on policy be greater than in the case towards taiwan. the general secretary wields enormous power and could end the state of hostility by deciding to make peace with taiwan. perhaps more practically, he could and should end the current of highe in t freeze level government dialogue with taipei. on the other hand, he could allow the military brass t dictat an even more heavy handed and belligerent posture against taiwan. under the ccp, the general chairs interagency policy setting pro

of the people's republic of china. the highest party official and thus the most powerful person in china is the general secretary ccp.e by convention the general five-yearserveswo of 10.or a total general xi jinping took power in 2012. the all eyes are set on 19th party congress slated for this fall. the leaders of all the all-powerful standing committee offer material signals into the direction of how the prc policy will be the next for at least five years. members of the current bureau as...

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trade prosecutor laser focused on going after countrieslikechinathatmanipulate their currency, which costs us $5 million -- 5 million jobs, and cheat with unfair trade practices. it means bringing jobs home act. to close the loopholes that incentivize companies for taking jobs overseas. american families deserve a better deal. that is what we are committed to make happen. senator joe manchin from the great state of west virginia. >> let me say quickly, anyone who believes that free trade is fair trade, come to estrogen you -- come to west virginia. see what happens to our manufacturing jobs to my whether it is the coal industry, steel industry, chemical industry. we lost big-time. now to have entries with their manipulation, if you will, and also, on top of that, i am concerned about us not even having minerals in our country that we even mine anymore. if we should do anything is protect the national interest of our country, the security of our country. these are the things we're fighting for. when you let different corporations from different countries that are buying our financial

trade prosecutor laser focused on going after countries like china that manipulate their currency, which costs us $5 million -- 5 million jobs, and cheat with unfair trade practices. it means bringing jobs home act. to close the loopholes that incentivize companies for taking jobs overseas. american families deserve a better deal. that is what we are committed to make happen. senator joe manchin from the great state of west virginia. >> let me say quickly, anyone who believes that free...

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laser focused on going after countries,likechina, thatmanipulate their currency, which ,as cost us 5 million jobs steel or and cheat with unfair trade practices. bring jobsssing hour home act, to close the loophole that incentivize companies for taking jobs overseas. american families deserve a better deal, and that is what we are committed to make cap. -- make happen. quickly. say very anyone that believes free trade is fair trade, come to west virginia. see what happens to our manufacturing jobs to my whether it is the coal industry, steel industry, chemical industry. we lost big-time. now to have entries with their manipulation, if you will, and also, on top of that, i am concerned about us not even having minerals in our country that we even mine anymore. if we should do anything is protect the national interest of our country, the security of our country. when you let different corporations from different countries that basically our thing toward our financial markets, buying our financial markets, i think it's detrimental to the security of our nation and well-being of thi

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in theeastchinaseaandsouthchinasea.the united states and japan oppose any unilateral action that seeks to undermine japan's administration of the islands and we reaffirm article five of the u.s.-japan security treaty that covers these islands. we also oppose militarization activity in the south china sea. maritime disputes should be settled peacefully and maintain the freedom of navigation in accordance with the united nations conventions on the law of the sea. we maintain our unwavering commitment to the 2015 guidelines for u.s.-japan defense cooperation and we have instructed our staff to accelerate their implementation. we also will explore new and expanded activities and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, training and exercises, research and development, capacity building and joint and shared use of facilities. we discussed our deterrence to ensure the security and stability of japan and the asia-pacific region. we plan deep engagement through our extended deterrence and dialogue. both the united states and japan are committed to the realignment of u.s. forc

in the east china sea and south china sea. the united states and japan oppose any unilateral action that seeks to undermine japan's administration of the islands and we reaffirm article five of the u.s.-japan security treaty that covers these islands. we also oppose militarization activity in the south china sea. maritime disputes should be settled peacefully and maintain the freedom of navigation in accordance with the united nations conventions on the law of the sea. we maintain our...

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, line for democrats. caller: i can't seethatchinaisafraid of north korea's nuclear development. it seems to me china is primarily -- we are asking them to help us and yet we recently gave china some of our latest -- taiwan some of our latest fighter planes to protect them against china. as i understand the seventh fleet is still between china and the debt and taiwan. it seems like we are not exactly treating china as though we are ready to give up something or cooperate with them. we have a complicated relationship with china. donald trump has to balance that. we have these disputes with beijing about the status of taiwan and the south china sea territorial issues. he has got to balance that against our need to get china to be much more helpful with respect to enforcing international sanctions that are now in place. china's north korea part largest trading partner and china has a great deal of leverage over north korea's economy. worried aboutlso china. they don't like the chinese influence themselves. china's influence is limited with his particular version of the kim regime. we'l

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, perhaps the audience mr. trump was speaking to,ischina. thatis what lindsey graham, the senator from south carolina reference in a statement. he says, the china reference is a tipoff that the audience is beijing. kim jong-un will not stop now, but he is close to his goal. china might restrict the flow of trade to the north if it believes it could forestall a preemptive strike from america. audience is the korean leadership, if they believe they are doomed, their best chance of self-preservation is to remove kim jong-un. reunification is the ultimate solution to the north korean problem. john, what the you think? caller: without a doubt, china has played a role. as far as removing 70 from ing someone from power, we have been removing people for the last 20 years. it is the same writer. the united states of america has a right to do whatever they want to do and whenever somebody else decides they want to do something, they have a problem with it. i feel like you cannot bully people into doing what you want to do. you cannot do it. host: can you apply enough economic pressure? caller: i

, perhaps the audience mr. trump was speaking to, is china. that is what lindsey graham, the senator from south carolina reference in a statement. he says, the china reference is a tipoff that the audience is beijing. kim jong-un will not stop now, but he is close to his goal. china might restrict the flow of trade to the north if it believes it could forestall a preemptive strike from america. audience is the korean leadership, if they believe they are doomed, their best chance of...

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the the n, much less to homeland n. doing so, we sought o partnerwithchina, chinaaccountsfor 90% of economic activity with north korea, the clear with us en that we share the same denuclearized korean anyone's, it is not in interest. china has ways they can put and influence the north korean regime because of else lationship no one has. we've been very clear with the chinese, certainly don't blame chinese for the situation in north korea, only north korea is the situation. we believe china has a special and unique relationship because significant economic activity to influence the north no one egime in ways else can. that is why we continue to call that influence with north korea to create the conditions, where we can have a dialogue. host: lisa collins on those by rex tillerson, do they represent a shift in the trump administration's approach? i don't believe so, i think ultimately secretary theerson is signalling that u.s. wants to eventually move to ialogue, negotiations, which would help stop north korea nuclear program, i don't think he is saying that the lift up on on will

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launches. north korea doesn't zone exercises every summer andbutchinahassaid nothing about north korea terminating its exercises. why is the focus on the u.s. and south korean exercises? we are talking with bruce bennett of the rand corporation about the joint military exercises taking place this week between the u.s. and south korea. -- host: give us an idea of what drills, whats -- are they testing out? guest: we're working with the basic concept of dealing with the north korean invasion of the south or other north korean provocations. train andrying to prepare people to coordinate and also, it is a test of the concepts they have laid out in planning. those are the things they are trying to do with the exercises and have enduring frack -- for decades. a call from chuck, you are on with bruce been, good morning. -- bruce bennett, good morning. caller: i have a question. given the high level of threats forth, wouldn't it be wise to postpone his military until the rhetoric owned down for a while? the difficulty is several cases. you postpone an exercise in the again and again and

launches. north korea doesn't zone exercises every summer and but china has said nothing about north korea terminating its exercises. why is the focus on the u.s. and south korean exercises? we are talking with bruce bennett of the rand corporation about the joint military exercises taking place this week between the u.s. and south korea. -- host: give us an idea of what drills, whats -- are they testing out? guest: we're working with the basic concept of dealing with the north korean invasion...

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, u.s.-japan relations,andchina'srolein putting pressure on north korea. this 35-minute briefing begins with secretary tillerson on the terrorist attack in spain. secretary tillerson: good afternoon. i would like to start by acknowledging the incident in barcelona which has the hallmarks, it appears, of yet another terrorist attack. we offer our condolences to the loss of life and the injuries that have occurred to so many innocent people yet again. we will continue to monitor the situation. we stand ready to assist law enforcement, national security authorities in spain. our consulates in barcelona and our entire mission spain team are currently assisting americans in spain who are affected by these events. we ask u.s. citizens in the area to let your loved ones know you are safe. terrorists around the world should know the united states and our allies are resolved to find you and bring you to justice. and i aremattis grateful for the opportunity the foreignt minister and defense minister of japan today. the bonds america and japan have forged over previous decades will continue

, u.s.-japan relations, and china's role in putting pressure on north korea. this 35-minute briefing begins with secretary tillerson on the terrorist attack in spain. secretary tillerson: good afternoon. i would like to start by acknowledging the incident in barcelona which has the hallmarks, it appears, of yet another terrorist attack. we offer our condolences to the loss of life and the injuries that have occurred to so many innocent people yet again. we will continue to monitor the...

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happened at the yuan was very impressive. the united statesgotchinaandothers to come on board with real, serious sanctions that are a response to north korea ratcheting up their capabilities, but this notion but there is some crisis, there is going to be the prospect of denuclearization of the korean peninsula, which there is not going to be, or war, which there is not going to be either, is mistaken. aboutthere is criticism the trump administration not speaking with one voice. guest: it's demonstrably are. you have the president saying one thing, the secretary of state saying one thing, he acretary of defense saying' third. president advisers like this commentingtian gorka on the secretary of state, but then you have the secretary of defense saying i agree with the secretary of state, but, no, this is a giant problem. if there were serious issues about the u.s. doing something new and significant, we would all be more scared them we are. the president seems to want to jennifer crisis for domestic political reasons or some other agenda he has which is not related to the situation o

happened at the yuan was very impressive. the united states got china and others to come on board with real, serious sanctions that are a response to north korea ratcheting up their capabilities, but this notion but there is some crisis, there is going to be the prospect of denuclearization of the korean peninsula, which there is not going to be, or war, which there is not going to be either, is mistaken. aboutthere is criticism the trump administration not speaking with one voice. guest: it's...

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, we do not talk about this, but it is already in clinical trials for cancer treatmentinchina. youknow, it is sort of mind-boggling, the pace of scientific research has picked up with this tool. dozeneeing the early, a or more papers for week in the scientific literature using the crispr technology. one of the big challenges is how you keep government regulatory groups up to speed with this, how you make sure they are aware of how fast things are moving and the pace of governments is not that fast. >> i will give you an example of it, from yesterday. i guess you could say, tom price, the secretary of health and human services, as you know, was here on the stage. he says he is worried about the if for double care act, but he is also, this is something you should think about, they saw your book in my office, and he starts asking about it. he said, you know, actually this would be even more important, 50 years or 100 years from now, that then what you do on the affordable care act. it will affect the world more. and he said, maybe i ought to read the book. [laughter] so i gave him a

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"theory" --intervenechinawouldif washington strikes first. thanf this comes as more 35 hundred u.s. and japanese troops conducting military exercises today and through the weekend in northern japan. the president taking aim at the senate republican leader, mitch mcconnell, saying it is time for congress to get back to work on repealing and replacing the affordable care act, leaving open the opportunity for mr. mcconnell to leave his position. here the latest from president trump and what you think needs to happen next in north korea. our phone lines are open and we would love to hear from you. (202) 748-8000, that is our line for republicans. (202) 748-8001 four democrats. and we have our line for independents. we are enjoying the conversation on facebook. good friday morning, here is the headline from the wall street journal -- trump steps up his rhetoric. post is alson reporting on how things are developing, the headline -- gaming out the north korea crisis. available online at washington post.com, "in this moment of heated belligerent rhetoric they are diving into projections, p

"theory" -- intervene china would if washington strikes first. thanf this comes as more 35 hundred u.s. and japanese troops conducting military exercises today and through the weekend in northern japan. the president taking aim at the senate republican leader, mitch mcconnell, saying it is time for congress to get back to work on repealing and replacing the affordable care act, leaving open the opportunity for mr. mcconnell to leave his position. here the latest from president trump...

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on q&a. next, conversation on the relationship between the u.s., russia,andchina. thelibrary hosted this event which includes authors and former state department officials. >> tonight's topic is about the relations between the u.s., china, and russia, the world's great powers and we thought it would be appropriate to hear voiceent nexen -- nixon's on this matter. the clip you are about years from the nixon white house tapes. this is president nixon talking to dr. henry kissinger in january of 1972 just one month before the historic trip to china that february. xon:ident ni [inaudible] >> it wanted to introduce a special guest in our audience today, president nixon's younger brother, ed nixon. [applause] , the stage isat yours. , thankk you very much you for having us here. we had a wonderful tour this afternoon at the library and we all enjoyed it very much. i'm going to start our on theion by picking up tape that jonathan played for us nixon's idea of former leading relations to counterbalance soviet power. he turned out to be very prescient in terms of not worrying about ch

on q&a. next, conversation on the relationship between the u.s., russia, and china. the library hosted this event which includes authors and former state department officials. >> tonight's topic is about the relations between the u.s., china, and russia, the world's great powers and we thought it would be appropriate to hear voiceent nexen -- nixon's on this matter. the clip you are about years from the nixon white house tapes. this is president nixon talking to dr. henry kissinger...

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advisers on the future of of america's global leadership and threats posed byrussia,china, northkorea. ricecipants include susan from the obama administration and condoleezza rice, who served in the george w. bush of ministration. the aspen institute hosted this 90 minute event. >> welcome, everybody. essencepretty much the of what the aspen institute has been and should always be about. , and frankly what our nation should always be about. there is a notion of really dedicated people of both parties coming together and trying to find common ground. it is under the auspices of the --en strategy through strategy group. condoleezza rice is cochair in the first year of the job. [applause] this is one of the first times four national security advisers will be together. the current one, h.r. mcmaster, is coming in tomorrow. you may notice that susan rice is missing. she will be here in about seven minutes. she is on her way from the airport. just like bob gates last year, there is always someone who wants to make a dramatic entrance area -- entrance. [laughter] turn it over to a pers

advisers on the future of of america's global leadership and threats posed by russia, china, north korea. ricecipants include susan from the obama administration and condoleezza rice, who served in the george w. bush of ministration. the aspen institute hosted this 90 minute event. >> welcome, everybody. essencepretty much the of what the aspen institute has been and should always be about. , and frankly what our nation should always be about. there is a notion of really dedicated people...

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with reporters at this rate department. he talked about u.s. relationswithchinaandrussia. sec. tillerson: good afternoon, all. if you are deciding about the young assistant with me i said maybe if i start naming people to office when they are eight or nine, they will be of age by the time we get through this process. theme a knowledge and thank spokeswoman for the job she has been doing. ughnow this is a to transition to make for anyone, but she has done us a poop -- a superb job. thank you so much. also want to add my congratulations to agent jeremy miles for his recognition. it is a great recognition for the department and the diplomatic security folks. as heather indicated, it has been sometime over the weekend, i think i hit six months. i thought it would be useful to come down here and talk a little about what has happened in the last six months. give you a walk around the world. sometime for leave questions for you. agenda president trump's is articulated really in the platform he ran on. make america great again. it is not just a slogan. it is important that people unde

with reporters at this rate department. he talked about u.s. relations with china and russia. sec. tillerson: good afternoon, all. if you are deciding about the young assistant with me i said maybe if i start naming people to office when they are eight or nine, they will be of age by the time we get through this process. theme a knowledge and thank spokeswoman for the job she has been doing. ughnow this is a to transition to make for anyone, but she has done us a poop -- a superb job. thank...

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state department's daily briefing. he talked about u.s. relationswithchina, threatof north korea and the future nuclear agreement with iran. this is just under an hour. all and ifernoon, you are -- inquiring about the , if iassistant with me start them at nine years old, we can get them through the product -- process. thenk spokeswoman for the job she has been doing. i know this is a this is a tough transition to make for anyone, particularly for her but she has been a superb job. i don't get to watch her much, but i get feedback from folks back home who do watch. inky so much. -- thank you so much. agent jeremy miles for his recognition. it is a great recognition for the department and the diplomatic security folks. as heather indicated, it has been sometime over the weekend, i think i hit six months. i thought it would be useful to come down here and talk a little about what has happened in the last six months. give you a walk around the world. sometime for leave questions for you. agenda president trump's is articulated really in the platform he ran on. make america great agai

state department's daily briefing. he talked about u.s. relations with china, threat of north korea and the future nuclear agreement with iran. this is just under an hour. all and ifernoon, you are -- inquiring about the , if iassistant with me start them at nine years old, we can get them through the product -- process. thenk spokeswoman for the job she has been doing. i know this is a this is a tough transition to make for anyone, particularly for her but she has been a superb job. i don't...

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south korea or the south korean navy vessel. and really tocompelchinatodo more. thet: i do not think rhetoric itself on the president's part. eisenhowermber how handled it, he was careful about his rhetoric and he was very successful managing the crisis. if you hyped the crisis, you can like john f.gs kennedy who made that speech, which would be unacceptable if they did. he thought he had an agreement. he later even said if i had not made that speech, we would not have to do these things in this crisis. even if they are planning to take military action, which i hope they are not, rhetoric like this does not help. you should be speaking softly and not throwing a big stick, as teddy roosevelt used to say. i see no reason for the rhetoric at all. we'll take your calls on the situation. if you want to ask the question -- actionside from military , as far as diplomacy or de-escalation, what is the united states have as options on that front? have diplomacy and sanctions, which we have done. ivana trump think trump is continuing largely the obama program. publicly pressuring itna mor

south korea or the south korean navy vessel. and really to compel china to do more. thet: i do not think rhetoric itself on the president's part. eisenhowermber how handled it, he was careful about his rhetoric and he was very successful managing the crisis. if you hyped the crisis, you can like john f.gs kennedy who made that speech, which would be unacceptable if they did. he thought he had an agreement. he later even said if i had not made that speech, we would not have to do these things...

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is needed, not least because american forces face rising danger on manyfronts.chinaismoving aggressively in the south and east china's seas. north korea threatens war in the pacific and beyond. the baltic and black see is hazardous as ever, and the islamic state is being pushed partby a war conducted in from ships in the eastern mediterranean. talk about the growing responsibility of the navy here. guest: what is interesting is in the last 25 years, the number of ships in the navy has declined by 20% to our present level of 270. the obama administration had a voting that to 300 and eight -- 308, which is more than today and the from administration wishes to build 25% larger navy that today. smaller --as gotten has gone no smaller in that time. our sense of what to do in the world and what we need to protect and the role the navy plays insecurity and prosperity of this nation as trade has globalized, all of things has created much higher demand in the navy. those are peace time missions. then you look at the threat, the action threat, china and the south china sea, looking to

is needed, not least because american forces face rising danger on many fronts. china is moving aggressively in the south and east china's seas. north korea threatens war in the pacific and beyond. the baltic and black see is hazardous as ever, and the islamic state is being pushed partby a war conducted in from ships in the eastern mediterranean. talk about the growing responsibility of the navy here. guest: what is interesting is in the last 25 years, the number of ships in the navy has...

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lockade at this would be rather risky move to ging pressureonchinabringpressure on north korea eems more sensible, rationale course of action. host: michael dobbs, there was a story as kim jong-un pulling on decisions or about guam going on to what was a week or so, pulling back from that, they highlight the fact it because military drill set to begin in august between u.s. and south korea, how much could go into rhetoric comeing from president trump's side? uest: i think both sides are indulging in wild rhetoric and trump's threats step back.barnes to he said he will not fire a in the direction of guam, but i don't think that fact, which is north korea is becoming a state, has nuclear weapons already, soon will have can reach the united states and that is not going to be affected by whether they fire missile test in the direction of guam. host: gary in pennsylvania, with our guest. go ahead. caller: hello, thanks for taking my call. mr. dobbs just mentioned, when trump basically made a hard line ook a against the leader of north orea, basically that is what helped north korea back

lockade at this would be rather risky move to ging pressure on china bring pressure on north korea eems more sensible, rationale course of action. host: michael dobbs, there was a story as kim jong-un pulling on decisions or about guam going on to what was a week or so, pulling back from that, they highlight the fact it because military drill set to begin in august between u.s. and south korea, how much could go into rhetoric comeing from president trump's side? uest: i think both sides are...

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global leadership and threats posed byrussia,china, andnorth korea. it includes susan rice and tom donlon from the obama administration and condoleezza rice and stephen hadley who served in the george w. bush administration. the aspen institute posted this 90 minute event. this 90 minute event. >> welcome, everybody. i am walter isaacson. this is the essence of what the aspen institute has been and should always be about. and what our nation should be about. the notion of very dedicated people of both parties coming together and trying to find common ground. it is under the auspices of the strategy group. a new cochair is condoleezza rice, her first year on the job. [applause] hadley,so have stephen one of the first -- one of the first time that for national security adviser's have been together. ur national security adviser's have been together and h.r. mcmaster will be here tomorrow. susan rice is missing, she will be here in about seven minutes. she is on her way from the airport but just like bob gates last year, somebody who wants to make a dramatic entrance. [laughter] let me

global leadership and threats posed by russia, china, and north korea. it includes susan rice and tom donlon from the obama administration and condoleezza rice and stephen hadley who served in the george w. bush administration. the aspen institute posted this 90 minute event. this 90 minute event. >> welcome, everybody. i am walter isaacson. this is the essence of what the aspen institute has been and should always be about. and what our nation should be about. the notion of very...

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the ability to deliver them in the region, much less to the homeland. metwithchina, whoaccounts for 90% of economic activity with north korea. the chinese have been very clear with us that we share the same nuclearizeda de peninsula. puta has ways that they can pressure on and influence the north korean regime because of the significant economic relationship that nobody else has. we certainly don't blame the chinese for the situation in north korea. only the north koreans are to blame for the situation, but we believe that china has a special and unique relationship, because of the significant economic influence the regime in ways that nobody else can. them towhy we call in use the influence with north korea to create the conditions where we can have a productive dialogue. we don't think that having a dialogue where the north koreans come to the table and assume that they're going to maintain nuclear weapons is productive. so, that is really what the objective is. our positionirmed towards north korea that, what we are doing, we do not seek every regime change or the collapse of

the ability to deliver them in the region, much less to the homeland. met with china, who accounts for 90% of economic activity with north korea. the chinese have been very clear with us that we share the same nuclearizeda de peninsula. puta has ways that they can pressure on and influence the north korean regime because of the significant economic relationship that nobody else has. we certainly don't blame the chinese for the situation in north korea. only the north koreans are to blame for...

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diplomacy, not just the united states but with our allies, including those in the regionlikechina. tryingto make sure there is an effort to bring north korea to ward some sort of automatic bargaining agreement -- diplomatic bargaining agreement. host: that has been called channel negotiations. what would be be selling point to china to get them involved, or more involved, in pressuring the north koreans? guest: the selling point to china is that the united states truly once -- wants to negotiate down the north korea missile program but does not more grand eyes met -- grandisement from backing north korea off of nuclear programs. that is, scare north korea and china, do both of the same time, and reward china by bringing them into northeast asian diplomacy in a way that makes their voice seem central. the incentives are both negative and positive. carrots and sticks for china. kim jong-un is being played here -- and this is where john delury and i may disagree. trump, i believe, is trying to bait kim jong-un to do what kim jong-un always does. to provoke. by provoking the region a

diplomacy, not just the united states but with our allies, including those in the region like china. trying to make sure there is an effort to bring north korea to ward some sort of automatic bargaining agreement -- diplomatic bargaining agreement. host: that has been called channel negotiations. what would be be selling point to china to get them involved, or more involved, in pressuring the north koreans? guest: the selling point to china is that the united states truly once -- wants to...

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rights watch. dr. jonathan pollack is a senior fellow at the john lfortinchinacenter.and the center for east asia policy at the brookings institution. previously, he was a professor of asian and pacific studies at the u.s. naval war college. dr. samantha ravitch served as deputy national security adviser to vice president dick cheney. she is a senior adviser at the foundation for defense of democracy center on illicit finance. she leads a project on cyber enabled economic warfare. anthony rivero is a senior fellow here at fdd. he spent 17 years in the u.s. government as an expert in the use of targeted financial measures, especially sanctions, among other measures. most recently he served as a foreign-policy fellow for senator marco rubio of florida. why don't we begin. and jonathan, i wanted to start with you and ask for a reality check. andbad are thing right now is the situation more or less under control than it appears externally from the rollercoaster of the past few months? >> well, fair question, there's public and there's private and i do think that we had several we

rights watch. dr. jonathan pollack is a senior fellow at the john l fortin china center. and the center for east asia policy at the brookings institution. previously, he was a professor of asian and pacific studies at the u.s. naval war college. dr. samantha ravitch served as deputy national security adviser to vice president dick cheney. she is a senior adviser at the foundation for defense of democracy center on illicit finance. she leads a project on cyber enabled economic warfare. anthony...

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will be speaking to president xi tonightfromchina. we'vebeen working very closelywithchinaandwith other countries. that phone call will take place tonight. so if you have any questions, go ahead. >> what have you been able to do to reassure south korea? president trump: i think they probably feel is reassured as they can deal. certainly they feel more reassured with me than they do with other presidents from the past because no one has really done the job they were supposed to be doing and that's why we are in this horrible situation right now. it is a very bad, very dangerous situation and it will not continue, that i can tell you. i think south korea is very happy, and you don't mention japan, but i think japan is very happy with the job we are doing. i think they're very impressed with the job where doing, and let's see how it turns out. >> were you being sarcastic when you thanked vladimir putin for expelling diplomats from russia? president trump: in order to reduce our payroll, absolutely. i was just speaking to the secretary and we were talking answer,ming up with an b

will be speaking to president xi tonight from china. we've been working very closely with china and with other countries. that phone call will take place tonight. so if you have any questions, go ahead. >> what have you been able to do to reassure south korea? president trump: i think they probably feel is reassured as they can deal. certainly they feel more reassured with me than they do with other presidents from the past because no one has really done the job they were supposed to be...

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talk about threats posed byrussia,china, andnorth korea. >> welcome, everybody, and this is pretty much what the essence of the aspen institute has been and should always be about, and what our nation should be about, a notion of very dedicated people of both parties coming together and trying to find common ground. it is under the auspices of the aspen strategy group. i want to thank joe nye, who is cochair with secretary condoleezza rice, with her first year on the job. [applause] isaacson: we also have stephen hadley and tom donlon, the first time four national have beendvisers together. it shows what aspen can do. you notice that susan rice is missing. she will be here in seven minutes. she is just on her way from the airport. just like bob gates last year, always a buddy who wants to make a dramatic enters. let me turn it over to a person everybody knows, nick burns, the executive director of the aspen strategy group and an old friend of the institute. i do want to say you have been here many times, you are now cochairing this, but tell me when you first came here and w

talk about threats posed by russia, china, and north korea. >> welcome, everybody, and this is pretty much what the essence of the aspen institute has been and should always be about, and what our nation should be about, a notion of very dedicated people of both parties coming together and trying to find common ground. it is under the auspices of the aspen strategy group. i want to thank joe nye, who is cochair with secretary condoleezza rice, with her first year on the job. [applause]...

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tradehina, disputewithchina. trumpadministration considering big-scale trade action against beijing, financial times eports with officials engaged in serious discussions about a probe into chinese intellectual requiring regime and foreign companies to transfer subsidiary o local and partner necessary china and in tone for the trump administration, spent most this year adapting a more onfident line and convincing beijing. the action 301 case allows u.s. to impose dutyos foreign products to retaliate gainst countries that use unfair trade practices. -- many fear mr. trump would set off when he punitive tariffos imports from china and label manipulator.ncy that story in "new york times" axias first reported by yesterday and getting a lot of discussion today. we can talk about that, anything you want to talk about. charl neroslyn heights, new york. for independents. good morning. caller: good morning, everybody. is change ouro do foreign policy, we need to stop war, killing -- i am tired. this would make the people of in this would s money we up all the need to get a single payer ealth

tradehina, dispute with china. trump administration considering big-scale trade action against beijing, financial times eports with officials engaged in serious discussions about a probe into chinese intellectual requiring regime and foreign companies to transfer subsidiary o local and partner necessary china and in tone for the trump administration, spent most this year adapting a more onfident line and convincing beijing. the action 301 case allows u.s. to impose dutyos foreign products to...

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we are trying to get his wife who remainsinchina, hopingto get her outofchinaandto the united states. have a color from the phage bill, new york -- i probably said that wrong. good morning. taking myank you for call. i enjoy the show. is thewant to ask, this same -- these are the same ukrainians we gave billions of we gave-- same iranians billions of dollars to, correct? and we still can't get our people out, i find that despicable. that's all i have to say. mr. genser: yes, indeed. there was a major deal done, a nuclear deal completed on january 16, 2016. there were five americans released as part of the overall deal, but the overall deal did unfreeze over $100 billion of iranionnie assets -- assets. only five were released. secretary kerry claimed to the family at the time there was a tol struck with the iranians let them out and a couple of weeks, but to me that has been nonsensical given the maximum leverage the u.s. would have had would be before it handed over the frozen assets, not after. administration tried very hard to get people out of jail. doubledi government down

we are trying to get his wife who remains in china, hoping to get her out of china and to the united states. have a color from the phage bill, new york -- i probably said that wrong. good morning. taking myank you for call. i enjoy the show. is thewant to ask, this same -- these are the same ukrainians we gave billions of we gave-- same iranians billions of dollars to, correct? and we still can't get our people out, i find that despicable. that's all i have to say. mr. genser: yes, indeed....

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. relationswithchina, thethreat of north korea and isis, and the future of the nuclear agreement with iran. this is just under an hour. sec. tillerson: good afternoon all. if you are inquiring about the young assistant with me, if i start naming people to office when they are eight years old or non-eurozone, they can be of age by the time we get them through the process. let me acknowledge and thank heather for the job she has been doing. this is a tough transition to make for anyone, particularly think -- particularly a unique transition for her. i don't get to watch her much, but i get feedback the folks back home. i appreciate everything you are doing. i want to add my congratulations to agent jeremy miles his recognition. a great recognition for the department and our automatic security folks as well. as heather indicated, sometime over the weekend it has been six months since i was confirmed. i thought it would be useful to talk about what has happened in the last month. -- the last six months. i'm going to take a walk around the world and make comments on things you might b

. relations with china, the threat of north korea and isis, and the future of the nuclear agreement with iran. this is just under an hour. sec. tillerson: good afternoon all. if you are inquiring about the young assistant with me, if i start naming people to office when they are eight years old or non-eurozone, they can be of age by the time we get them through the process. let me acknowledge and thank heather for the job she has been doing. this is a tough transition to make for anyone,...

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to submittochina'skingdynasty, which own dynasty on the korean nation. last korea is product of great power clash on the cot rean war. it was agreed to divide parallel, thatth the two great powers could come to an agreement and ensure space.e this did not happen and another war ensued. the uneasy truce held. has endured three main governing principles, remarkably one key problem, it worked out far better for the sxouth north. koreans prospered, guaranteeing nation security and resence as protective shield against the three great asian priors. korea, however, did not fare well in the division system, for variety of political reasons, the system that ensured workable peace for and brought sia prosperity has been viewed by impediment as main to realize their destiny, peninsula.n of the vagz vagz, welcome, what is on your mind this morning? caller: i was good. happy to hear a couple people stole my questions. so we're more in line than we are.hink one was about animal agriculture they seem to gloss over that, apparently effects of agculture on environment can have immediate impact i

to submit to china's king dynasty, which own dynasty on the korean nation. last korea is product of great power clash on the cot rean war. it was agreed to divide parallel, thatth the two great powers could come to an agreement and ensure space.e this did not happen and another war ensued. the uneasy truce held. has endured three main governing principles, remarkably one key problem, it worked out far better for the sxouth north. koreans prospered, guaranteeing nation security and resence as...

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thechinahasa critical role to play on matters related to north korea. i want to personally thank the chinese delegation for the important contributions they made to this resolution. while the security council has done good work, the members of the security council, and all u.n. member states, must do more to increase the pressure on north korea. we must work together to fully implement the sanctions we impose today, and those imposed in pass resolutions. the step we take together today is an important one, that we should not fall ourselves into thinking we have solved the problem. -- we should not fool ourselves into thinking we have solved the problem. it is rapidly growing more dangerous. we have seen to icbms fired in just the last month or it further action is required. the united states is taking and will continue to take prudent defensive measures to protect ourselves and our allies. our annual joint military exercises, for instance, are transparent and defense-oriented. they have been carried out regularly and openly for nearly 40 years. they will continue. our goal remain

the china has a critical role to play on matters related to north korea. i want to personally thank the chinese delegation for the important contributions they made to this resolution. while the security council has done good work, the members of the security council, and all u.n. member states, must do more to increase the pressure on north korea. we must work together to fully implement the sanctions we impose today, and those imposed in pass resolutions. the step we take together today is...

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china. wehave been working very closelywithchinaandother countries. that is a phone call that will take place tonight. so if you have any questions, go ahead. >> mr. president what have you , been able to do to reassure south korea, given the tensions rising? pres. trump: as far as reassurance, they feel as reassured with me as they can. morecertainly feel reassured with me than they can with other presidents, from the past, because the body is really done the job they are supposed to be doing. that is why we are in this horrible situation. it is a bad situation. it is a dangerous situation. and it will not continue, that i can tell you. i think south korea is very happy, and you do not mention japan, but i think japan is very happy with the job we are doing. i think they are impressed with the job you are doing. let's see how it turns out. >> were you sarcastic to when putin ford vladimir expelling the diplomats from russia? pres. trump: absolutely. i think you know that. we will see. i was just speaking to the secretary and we're talking about coming up with an answer. >> tillers

china. we have been working very closely with china and other countries. that is a phone call that will take place tonight. so if you have any questions, go ahead. >> mr. president what have you , been able to do to reassure south korea, given the tensions rising? pres. trump: as far as reassurance, they feel as reassured with me as they can. morecertainly feel reassured with me than they can with other presidents, from the past, because the body is really done the job they are supposed...

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talk about northkorea,china, andthe headline that came from the conversation is "we are not your enemy." here is more of what he had to say yesterday. >> the options available to us, as all of you understand, are limited. particularly, if we are operating under a short period of time. to exert peaceful pressure on the regime of north korea, to have them develop a willingness to sit and talk with us and others but with an understanding that a condition of those talks is there is no future for north thea's nuclear weapons or ability to deliver those nuclear weapons in the region much less in the homeland. in doing so, we sought to partner with china. china accounts for 90% of economic activity with north korea. the chinese have been clear with us that we share the same icedtive, a de-nuclear north korean peninsula. it is not in anyone's interest. put has ways that they can pressure on and influenced the north korean regime because of this economic relationship that no one else has. we have been clear with the chinese. we don't blame the chinese for the situation in north korea. onl

talk about north korea, china, and the headline that came from the conversation is "we are not your enemy." here is more of what he had to say yesterday. >> the options available to us, as all of you understand, are limited. particularly, if we are operating under a short period of time. to exert peaceful pressure on the regime of north korea, to have them develop a willingness to sit and talk with us and others but with an understanding that a condition of those talks is there...

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stop. we feel that very strongly. i will be speaking to president xi tonightfromchina. wehave been working closely with china and other countries. that phone call will take place tonight. if you have any questions, go ahead. >> what have you been able to do to reassure south korea? pres. trump: as far as reassurance, they feel as reassurance as they can feel. more with me than they do with other presidents from the past because nobody has really done the job they are supposed to be doing. that is why we are in this horrible situation. it is a bad situation. it is a dangerous situation. it will not continue. i think south korea is very happy. you don't mention japan, but i feel japan is very happy with the job we are doing. let us see how it turns out. sarcastic anding you think the russian president for expelling american diplomats? reduce our to i do think them. absolutely. i think you know that. we will see. i was speaking to the secretary and we are talking about coming up with an answer. by september 1 we will have a response. we have reduced payroll substantially. >> a lo

stop. we feel that very strongly. i will be speaking to president xi tonight from china. we have been working closely with china and other countries. that phone call will take place tonight. if you have any questions, go ahead. >> what have you been able to do to reassure south korea? pres. trump: as far as reassurance, they feel as reassurance as they can feel. more with me than they do with other presidents from the past because nobody has really done the job they are supposed to be...

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discriminating against the shia communities.inchina, thegovernment tortures, detains, and imprisons thousands for practicing their religious beliefs. dozens of certain members have gone into detention. police policies that restrict increasedlims having -- have increased. this freedom is under attack in pakistan where more than two dozen on death row or are serving a life prison sentence for blasphemy. the government refuses to make it recognize these as muslims. it is my hope that the new prime minister will promote harmony and protect the rights of religious minorities. sudan, the government arrests, and intimidate clergy and church members. it denies permits for the construction of new churches and is closing or demolishing existing ones. we encourage government of sudan to in grades on the religious freedom action plan provided by the department last year. unfortunately, the list goes on. no one should have to live in or facership in secret, dissemination because of his or her beliefs. as president trump has said, we look forward to a day when "evil of all faiths, christians and

discriminating against the shia communities. in china, the government tortures, detains, and imprisons thousands for practicing their religious beliefs. dozens of certain members have gone into detention. police policies that restrict increasedlims having -- have increased. this freedom is under attack in pakistan where more than two dozen on death row or are serving a life prison sentence for blasphemy. the government refuses to make it recognize these as muslims. it is my hope that the new...